WYFP? We're not done. It's not over.

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Saturday May 12, 2012 · 4:55 PM PDT

2012/05/12 · 16:55

It’s been a long haul, but our President evolved this week (with a boost from the Veep) to the point where he said yeah, same-sex couples should have the right to marry. The joy, nay – the GLEE! on the part of myself and my fellow queerfolks, as well as progressives generally, is understandable. A tortured position in favor of civil unions, “separate but equal” in all but name, obviously wasn’t tenable.

So he’s said it. Of course, nothing substantively changed, but as Andrew Sullivan reported late in the week (and Olympia diaried earlier today) GOP pollsters and advisors also evolved at warp speed this week. Did Mitt Romney read this memo before delivering the Commencement Address at Liberty University this morning? Maybe not, but his minions did, and perhaps that’s why he refrained from tossing more than a meatball out to this crowd that was hoping for steak tartare. Perhaps this isn’t time to toss out the quotes about “Adam and Eve, not Adam and Steve” after all.

So on the one hand, it’s great news. But on the other, I’ve been a bit pensive about it all week, too. Zip below the elegant Cheeto to explore MFP.

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Thursday May 05, 2011 · 7:08 AM PDT

2011/05/05 · 07:08

Forgive me friends, for beginning this evening by quoting something I wrote lo these many ... er.... days ago:

A priest and mentor from back up in Portland told me a story once from the time he was in formation. One of the priests responsible for the seminarians told him that if he were to continue on the path to ordination, he needed to learn to let go of the things of this world. And so he was told to give something away every day. Every. Single. Day. For a year, every single day that year, he gave away something that had been his - a pencil, a coffee mug, a book - but always something tangible, and not simply money or time. The symbolism was powerful, because eventually he would have to give up something most tangible of all - his own life, and ability to make choices about it. He would lie prostrate on the ground, face down, arms outstretched, and metaphorically hand over his very life in service to God and to others. If he struggled to hand over even a favorite pen, how would he manage to hand over that which is immeasurably more dear?

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Saturday February 14, 2009 · 4:51 PM PST

2009/02/14 · 16:51

It's Saturday night, you're home watching DailyKOS on the computer - do I even need to ask, "What's Your F*cking Problem?"

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?

Shall we begin with the obvious?

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Saturday November 08, 2008 · 4:38 PM PST

2008/11/08 · 16:38

I'm not sticking around more than an hour or 90 minutes or so tonight. Kid Pax and I have to head out to a dinner, one where more of my family of origin will be present than have been together all at once, oh, for possibly my entire life. They're here this weekend because my mom died three weeks ago, and her memorial service is tomorrow.

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WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?

paxpdx

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Wednesday October 29, 2008 · 12:47 PM PDT

2008/10/29 · 12:47

When the Pharisees heard that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees,
they gathered together, and one of them,
a scholar of the law tested him by asking,
"Teacher, which commandment in the law is the greatest?"
He said to him,
"You shall love the Lord, your God,
with all your heart,
with all your soul,
and with all your mind.
This is the greatest and the first commandment.
The second is like it:
You shall love your neighbor as yourself.
The whole law and the prophets depend on these two commandments."

Nearly two thousand years later, I can’t come up with a better progressive Catholic response to California’s Proposition 8 than these words. This Gospel reading was proclaimed in every Roman Catholic Church in the US this past Sunday.

You shall love your neighbor as yourself.

Am I not your neighbor?

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Tuesday May 20, 2008 · 9:00 PM PDT

2008/05/20 · 21:00

There's this "Barack" guy who's gathering a lot of news tonight, but here in Portland, there's quite a few of us celebrating the victory of Sam Adams - defeating a zillion (ok, maybe nine) other candidates to win Portland's mayoral race outright with over 50% of the vote.

He faced one serious competitor, a local businessman, but pulled away in the final stretch.

Something that's notable by its lack of mention in the coverage - Sam Adams is gay, and very much out. It's simply a nonissue, and absolutely freaking amazing.

Sam was just interviewed on our local NPR affiliate. Asked what he planned to focus on as one of his first issues as mayor, he replied that he intended to take on education in our schools immediately. The interviewer said "But that's not part of the mayor's portfolio." Exactly. Sam will take it on.

Very happy day here in Portland - lots of results looking good.

WYFP: Countdown and Burnout

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Saturday May 03, 2008 · 4:55 PM PDT

2008/05/03 · 16:55

So it's T-minus 44 days or so until I depart on my employer-granted eight-week sabbatical. Sounds lovely, but after 8.5 years of some really intense work, surviving layoff rounds (including one layoff from which I was pulled back), some truly toxic interpersonal situations and horrible corporate politics, I feel like I'm clawing my way toward the light. Definitely need a break, bigtime. And then there's the matter of me finally doing work right now that I really enjoy, which is not always the case. I almost don't want to leave - will the fun stuff still be there when I return?

But - it is a job. It's a really good one most of the time, and I'm so aware of so many friends and neighbors who don't have that luxury.

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WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?

paxpdx

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Saturday December 22, 2007 · 4:28 PM PST

2007/12/22 · 16:28

Won't you please share the joy of WYFP by recommending?

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, show off our favorite pet pics and perhaps share advice. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here. :-)

A few days ago I was muttering to a friend about the mess I'd gotten myself into. For some strange reason, I'd agreed to write ten articles in ten days for Street Prophets. There's a Mexican Catholic tradition - a novena (nine days) of prayer and celebration and candy on the nine nights before Christmas. In the midst of a crazybusy week finishing up stuff at work before heading off to Mexico for eight days, Pastordan dropped me a note. What did I think of the idea of maybe trying to do a written version of Las Posadas on the site?

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WYFP? Contradictions and Compromise

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Saturday July 21, 2007 · 4:30 PM PDT

2007/07/21 · 16:30

As some of you may know, I spent the first part of this month traveling outside the US. I’ve been struggling with a vague metaphysical malaise for the past several months, nothing I could put a finger on, nothing debilitating – just a low-level angst and anxiety that I couldn’t seem to shake - a sense of not belonging - anywhere. What was my f*cking problem?

WYFP is our community's Saturday evening gathering to talk about our problems, empathize with one another, and share advice, pootie pictures, favorite adult beverages, and anything and everything else that we think might help. Everyone and all sorts of troubles are welcome. May we find peace and healing here.

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